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Inverse proportion

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an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : 1/3 : , or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely.

See also: Inverse



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The late BILL VEECK, former Chicago White Sox owner and perhaps baseball's most imaginative promoter: "I have discovered, in 20 years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.
Art that springs from an immersion in historical research tends to reward the viewer ha inverse proportion to the depth and reliability of the findings themselves.
It's as if the players' fuses have grown shorter in inverse proportion to the length of their playing shorts.
 
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